Militias in Libya Spawn Protests

Leaders in Libya's capital city of Tripoli began a three-day strike to protest the country's freewheeling militias after clashes between pro-government forces and militants from the rival power center of Misrata erupted into deadly violence.

In another blow to the government on Sunday, the country's deputy intelligence chief, Mustapha Noah, was kidnapped at Tripoli's airport. No one claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, which...